Spending in the range of $10 million to replace an already delivered utility seemed at first blush ill-fated.
The July 5 council meeting affirmed that premise (“Whistler’s White Gold undergrounding cancelled,” Pique, July 7).
Thank you Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff and council.
I would like to suggest some basic above-ground remediation is possible to improve the visual transport of the existing utilities in White Gold Estates.
These suggestions would require the cooperation of the concerned parties: the RMOW, BC Hydro, Shaw, Telus and homeowners.
1. Replace the redundant power poles. Those poles standing side by side, one supplying hydro and the other, usually an older pole, supplying Shaw and Telus.
2. Replace the aging poles with the new replacement poles when needed.
3. Straighten poles that are not perpendicular.
4. Attention to placement of crossing lines where possible from the supply lines to homes.
